Ladder (disambiguation)
# Ladder (disambiguation)

A ladder is a runged climbing aid.

Ladder, The Ladder, or Ladders may also refer to:

## Art, entertainment and media

### Film and television

* "Ladders" (Community), the first episode of the sixth season of the sitcom Community
* Ladders, a 2004 documentary narrated by Harry Belafonte
* The Ladder, a mythical burning ladder that is a Meyerism cornerstone and the theme of Cal Roberts's motivational practice in The Path (TV series)

### Games

* Ladder (Go), a formation in the game of Go
* Ladder (video game), a clone of Donkey Kong, written for the CP/M operating system

### Music

* Ladders (band), an American band
* The Ladder (band), a British band
   * The Ladder EP, a 2008 extended play by the British band The Ladder
* The Ladder (Yes album), a 1999 album by Yes
* The Ladder, a 2010 album by Andrew Belle
* "Ladders", a song by Leona Lewis from her 2015 album I Am
* "Ladders", a song by Mac Miller song from his 2018 album Swimming
* "The Ladder", song by John Zorn from The Art of Memory (album)
* "The Ladder", a song by Prince on his 1985 album Around the World in a Day

### Publications

* The Ladder, by Halfdan Rasmussen
* The Ladder (magazine), a US publication for lesbians

## Career-related

* Ladder, a career path and reference to organizational and industry hierarchy
* TheLadders, a careers website

## Finance

* Ladder (option combination), a combination of three options
* Ladder (exotic option), a type of exotic option

## Science and technology

* DNA ladder, a molecular-weight size marker used in gel electrophoresis
* Ladder frame, a vehicle frame type
* Ladder logic, a philosophy of drawing electrical logic schematics
* Ladder operator, a mathematical entity used in quantum mechanics
* Resistor ladder, an analogue circuit

## Sports

* Ladder tournament, a type of game or sports tournament
* League table or ladder, a chart or table which compares sports teams, or other entities, by ranking them in order of ability or achievement

## Other uses

* Ladder, a vertical split in the fabric of a pair of tights (in UK terminology; "a run in pantyhose" is the US equivalent)
* Jacob's Ladder, a "ladder to heaven" described by biblical Jacob in the Book of Genesis
* Laddering, an investment technique
* Wittgenstein's Ladder, also called Lie-to-children
